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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tom Vandermeijden, San Jose, CA (US);
Guozhong Shen, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for determining a fold angle of a foldable device, the system including a plurality of electrodes and a processing system, wherein the processing system is configured to obtain transcapacitance measurements via a subset of the plurality of electrodes; obtain absolute capacitance measurements via the subset of the plurality of electrodes; and determine the fold angle of the foldable device based on the transcapacitance measurements and the absolute capacitance measurements.